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Photos from Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrov­nik is a Croa­tian city on the Adria­tic Sea coast in the extreme south of Dal­ma­tia, posi­tio­ned at the ter­mi­nal end of the Isth­mus of Dubrovnik.

It is one of the most pro­mi­nent tou­rist des­ti­na­tions on the Adria­tic, a sea­port and the cen­tre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its popu­la­tion was 43,770 in 2001, down from 49,728 in 1991. In 1979, the city of Dubrov­nik joi­ned the UNESCO list of World Heri­tage Sites.

The pros­pe­rity of the city of Dubrov­nik has always been based on mari­time trade. In the Middle Ages, as the Repu­blic of Ragusa, also known as the fifth Mari­time Repu­blic (together with Amalfi, Pisa, Genoa and Venice), it became the only eas­tern Adria­tic city-state to rival Venice. Sup­por­ted by its wealth and ski­lled diplo­macy, the city achie­ved a remar­ka­ble level of deve­lop­ment, par­ti­cu­larly during the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Dubrov­nik vie­wed from Hil­ton balcony

Placa, Dubrov­nik

Water vie­wed from Dubrov­nik city wall

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